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Bill: Religion
Details
Submitted by[?]: Pirate Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 3411
Description[?]:
| This bill ensures freedom of and from religion. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change State penalties for blasphemy
Old value:: Public blasphemy is considered a criminal offense.
Current: Public blasphemy is considered a criminal offense.
Proposed: No state penalties are issued for blasphemy.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:44:43, December 13, 2012 CET | From | União Democrática do Tukarali | To | Debating the Religion |
| Message | "Religion is the foundation of our society. It forms the basis for our school system, and forbidding prayers there is simply ridiculous. And anyone who riducules the religious beliefs of our people in public should bear the consequences." Inigo Araya, Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 04:02:13, December 14, 2012 CET | From | Pirate Party | To | Debating the Religion |
| Message | People should be permitted to warship as they choose. We don't need teachers indoctrinating our children with religion, and we don't need the state imposing penalties for speech some people find offensive. Free speech and freedom of and from religion! |
| Date | 08:51:36, December 14, 2012 CET | From | União Democrática do Tukarali | To | Debating the Religion |
| Message | "People are free to worship as they please. We have no state religion, and there is no obligation to belong to a religion. Any religion may set up schools, and parents are free to send their children to a school operated by a religion of their choice, or even a non-religious school, where such a school is available. To generally forbid prayers makes a mockery of parent's rights. It it also the duty of the state to protect any religion against mockery and gratuitious ridicule. The proponents of "free speech" on this matter only want a free ticket to hurt other people's religious feelings with impunity." Inigo Araya, Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Date | 19:31:48, December 14, 2012 CET | From | Pirate Party | To | Debating the Religion |
| Message | We are not saying people should mock religions, we are just saying there should be more penalty for doing so. Blasphemy could even mean just swearing. Free speech needs to be absolute. We would be willing to allow teacher led prayer in private religious schools. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | |
| no | Total Seats: 125 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." - Winston Churchill |